Rickettsia felis and bartonella henselae in fleas from Lebanon

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 991-992

  Mba, Pamela Angue ^a   Marié, Jean Lou ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Davoust, Bernard ^b   Beaucournu, Jean Claude ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b French Forces Health Service   (France)

^c Inst de Rech Contre le Cancer IRCC   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Fleas; Lebanon; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DOG; FLEA; LEBANON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DOGS; INSECT VECTORS; LEBANON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79960013686     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0146     Document Type: Article

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